A Good Day

Saturdays are good days, packed with things from start to finish. Today, though, was especially good. We started off with Matthew's football game against rival Skyline. Oly played great, winning 40-14. Matthew didn't get many chances to touch the ball but he made two great blocks that left his guy admiring overhead cloud formations.

After football, we came home to find that we had killed one of the many rats that have been eating our tomatoes. The picture below shows what our tomato plants look like thanks to those rats. So, I emptied the dead carcass out, reloaded the trap with more peanut butter (making sure to leave the rat "essence" that I was sure would attract more rats) and then put the trap back out. Within 20 minutes, we had another dead rat, and then within an hour we had our third dead rat. I don't like to think of myself as bloodthirsty, but I loved to see those dead rats. (Matthew and I proudly display them below.) We are hoping that's it for the rats.

Inspired by the vanquishment of the rats, we went to Jake's soccer game. Jake played great, scoring two goals and assisting on another. What I was most proud of though, was his red face. It was hot, but he hustled all game.

Later, I finally convinced Jake to let me pull his tooth that had been hanging down like the single tooth of an old hag. When he finally did, I held on for dear life and when he tried to push my arm away and -- voila -- no more tooth. He looks like good old Jake again (not like an old hag) -- just with fewer teeth. (See below)

We also got the house clean while Amanda was taking pictures. A huge accomplishment for us. Like I said, it was a great day!




Tomato eaten by rat. I hate rats!


Large rat trap loaded with peanut butter.

Dad and Matthew proudly displayed two of the three dead rats.


Jake's toothless grin. The kid looks good again.